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This is actually a relatively tough debate. I do like both, but I guess I'd have to pick Street Fighter because of the fact that Mortal Kombat just slowly lost its touch while SF4 retains the value of the older Street Fighters. If there were to be a new MK that was like the old ones, I'd be excited. I just want them to keep SF the way it's supposed to be, but with a big roster (not one with Batman).
Mortal Kombat definitely, it was the first series to use the term "finish him!". Street Fighter never branched out like Mortal Kombat did, and it didn't have as many funny movies. I'm hoping to see a reboot of the storyline because it's too old for most new gen gamers, plus more characters to add variety.
Street Fighter series. The SF games always had more fluid animations and control over the characters, which is the key for me. To me, MK was always more of a novelty series based on some cool character designs and sweet fatalities. The babalities and other little things made me feel the series had jumped the shark, honestly. I did kind of like MK vs. DC though, a good guilty pleasure game!
This is almost as much a joke as last week's debate. Anyone who actually has any interest in the fighting genre will say Street Fighter. There's a very good reason MK died a slow and painful death while SF is still going strong today.
Bonus Question: SSF4 in DLC form. Not gonna happen, though.
Bonus Question: SSF4 in DLC form. Not gonna happen, though.
Street Fighter.
Why? Street Fighter II. And the Street Fighter gameplay has been pretty solid throughout the years. Mortal Kombat has kinda trickled away.
What I want to see in the future? Nothing, really.
Why? Street Fighter II. And the Street Fighter gameplay has been pretty solid throughout the years. Mortal Kombat has kinda trickled away.
What I want to see in the future? Nothing, really.
What is better? A juicy well cooked steak, or a week old quarter pounder thats been sitting in a gutter in the middle of summer?
Mortal Kombat 2 did have more characters, blood, fatalities, Bonus round, and hidden secrets. Capcom wouldn't like Mortal Kombat vs. Capcom game.
What it comes down to for me is Street Fighter Alpha 3 vs Mortal Kombat II. And I gotta go with Street Fighter, for obvious reasons.
Deadly Alliance brought Mortal Kombat back from the dead but Street Fighter never died in my book. Where's my MK II HD remake?! SF for the win!
Ill probably be one of the few to vote for MK. The MK series is great, sure its not the best or most even fighting game. But the massive back story of all the characters and the worlds cannot be matched by street fighter. I also find it alot more entertaining because its just so over the top to the point that its funny. I love the MK series.
MK gets my vote.
MK gets my vote.
My vote: Street Fighter
To the untrained eye, it's way more technical than your average fighter. Mind games, the terminology behind techniques and strategies is mind boggling, and much more exciting to see at a competitive level.
Bonus question: I would like to see a return to 2D sprites ala Third Strike. You just can't beat that level of beautiful 2D smoothness.
Also, maybe Tag Team modes along the lines of MVC2 style teamwork.
To the untrained eye, it's way more technical than your average fighter. Mind games, the terminology behind techniques and strategies is mind boggling, and much more exciting to see at a competitive level.
Bonus question: I would like to see a return to 2D sprites ala Third Strike. You just can't beat that level of beautiful 2D smoothness.
Also, maybe Tag Team modes along the lines of MVC2 style teamwork.
Street Fighter all the way. Mortal Kombat arrived and definitely had its influence through the first few games, but the series is no longer relevant (in fact, it's more of a joke right now). Street Fighter on the other hand has had its weak entries, but it still manages to keep chugging along today.
Bonus: A more solid competitive-level system. Not sold yet on SF4 compared to some of the earlier entries.
Bonus: A more solid competitive-level system. Not sold yet on SF4 compared to some of the earlier entries.
Anyone who thinks this is close has some questionable taste in gaming.
As a whole, SF invented the fighting game genre. Before SF, we had... Yie Ar Kung Fu and Urban Champion as precursors to the genre, but special moves? Rounds? SF. What did Mortal Kombat bring us? Fatalities? Dial-a-kombos? Stiff, bland animations? Questionable jump to 3D graphics? I mean, SFIV isn't as pretty as Blaz Blue but it's not as ugly as the 3D MKs either. Everything looks like a mess in 3D for MK. I mean, how does Sonya Blade go from looking like a model to having a manface from hell? Chun Li atleast looks like the 2D chun li.
Oh, and *real* ninjas. Not this bullshit in plastic colorful padded suits. I'll take Gai and Ibuki over any of the bullshit MK Ninjas *any* day. SubZero? Scorpion? Rain? Smoke? More like non-jas.
No SF, no Fatal Fury, no Samurai Shodown, no King of Fighters, no Guilty Gear, no BlazBlue, no VF, no Tekken, no Art of Fighting. No MK? No problem.
As a whole, SF invented the fighting game genre. Before SF, we had... Yie Ar Kung Fu and Urban Champion as precursors to the genre, but special moves? Rounds? SF. What did Mortal Kombat bring us? Fatalities? Dial-a-kombos? Stiff, bland animations? Questionable jump to 3D graphics? I mean, SFIV isn't as pretty as Blaz Blue but it's not as ugly as the 3D MKs either. Everything looks like a mess in 3D for MK. I mean, how does Sonya Blade go from looking like a model to having a manface from hell? Chun Li atleast looks like the 2D chun li.
Oh, and *real* ninjas. Not this bullshit in plastic colorful padded suits. I'll take Gai and Ibuki over any of the bullshit MK Ninjas *any* day. SubZero? Scorpion? Rain? Smoke? More like non-jas.
No SF, no Fatal Fury, no Samurai Shodown, no King of Fighters, no Guilty Gear, no BlazBlue, no VF, no Tekken, no Art of Fighting. No MK? No problem.
Street Fighter
Bonus: I'd like to see Capcom release modding tools for the PC versions of its games. I know that it'll never happen, though. It'd just be awesome to see how much more the modding community could do with official tools being released.
Bonus: I'd like to see Capcom release modding tools for the PC versions of its games. I know that it'll never happen, though. It'd just be awesome to see how much more the modding community could do with official tools being released.
I've played a few of the Mortal Kombat games in the series going all the way back to the snes, and I've played a few of the Street Fighter games going back to the snes, and the Street Fighter series has always been a consistently broader, deeper, and overall better fighting game series. There was a point in gaming history where Kombat might have stood a chance against Street Fighter, but that ain't gonna happen now.
Street Fighter gets my vote!
Street Fighter gets my vote!
oh Bonus Question? Easy. A KOF98 style dream match. Lots of characters, no story, no bullshit, just lots of good times and no crossovers.
I like mortal kombat but the first fighter I played and still play was a street fighter tittle soo..... Street Fighter. Can't argue with Ken's eybrows!
Street Fighter, definitely - MK always felt stiff and jerky to me, and ultra-violence has never been to my taste. Not to mention that I much prefer the character designs of the former, on the whole.
This is one of the most obvious wins I've ever seen.
SF all the way.
MK is nothing more than a diversion every few years and has NEVER found a fighting system with any real staying power.
What do I want to see in the future of SF?
GIVE ME SKULLOMANIA IN SFIV OR GIVE ME DEATH!!
SF all the way.
MK is nothing more than a diversion every few years and has NEVER found a fighting system with any real staying power.
What do I want to see in the future of SF?
GIVE ME SKULLOMANIA IN SFIV OR GIVE ME DEATH!!
So one-sided. SFII was the beginning of the Fighting Game Craze of the early 90's, and it's Super Turbo/HD Remix updates remain among the best fighting games ever made. Later games in the series such as SFA, SFIII, and the Crossover games are nearly as remembered and loved as it is. There's no beating the one true champ.
Bonus: An actual sequel, and not the cheap remake that IV is.
Bonus: An actual sequel, and not the cheap remake that IV is.
Street fighter, just because it has much more compelling gameplay. Not that I didn't have a good time with MK, but Street Fighter 2 (admittedly HD Remix) is still fun to play, while Mortal Kombat... not so much.
Street Fighter, because of the gameplay and variety. MK was great back in the day up to Ultimate, but after that it turned to crap. It's great with all the gore and awesome characters, but overall SF takes the cake.
Definitely Street Fighter. Way more of my childhood was spent playing this game and I think the characters are way more memorable than MK (although it has plenty of memorable characters itself).
Street Fighter.
The thing I want to see the most is a proper Street Fighter sequel done in "D High Res artwork.
The thing I want to see the most is a proper Street Fighter sequel done in "D High Res artwork.
Street Fighter, because it's Street Fighter. Substance is what it offers.
Mortal Kombat? Not so much.
Bonus: Create a fighter (would never work)
Mortal Kombat? Not so much.
Bonus: Create a fighter (would never work)
Mortal Kombat by far. More imagination and creativity involved from the get go. By and large, SF feels like the same game it was since day one, which some may like and crave, but not me.
BQ: Push the boundaries more. Be bold and risky. Get yourself on the news again for doing something excessively violent. Make the next MK game the most stress relieving Scorpion-meets-Kratos-baby game imaginable.
BQ: Push the boundaries more. Be bold and risky. Get yourself on the news again for doing something excessively violent. Make the next MK game the most stress relieving Scorpion-meets-Kratos-baby game imaginable.
Street Fighter. Chun Li was my first video game love, and I still download hentai of her to this day.
Even though MK:DA was the last good one I played, the Mortal Kombat series isn't afraid to try new ideas or genres and to me it has always been the more fun of the two. MK gets my vote.
Street Fighter.
Bonus Question: A future iteration that takes place after Street Fighter III with Ryu as the final boss. Christ, I am feeling nerdy today.
Bonus Question: A future iteration that takes place after Street Fighter III with Ryu as the final boss. Christ, I am feeling nerdy today.
Street Fighter
The fighting system was "Easy to Learn, Hard to Master." MK was straight "Know what you're doing or die." Especially the finishers; MK had them first, but I feel that SF perfected them, I.E. making them a part of combat. They weren't for show; knowing how to do them actually meant something.
...Plus...MK just started sucking later on. Even after the multitude of rehashes for SF, they all honestly kicked ass to me, even the off-shoots. As a matter of fact, MK only really had 1 off-shoot I think, Shaolin Monks; I actually liked that game better than all of the MK games.
The fighting system was "Easy to Learn, Hard to Master." MK was straight "Know what you're doing or die." Especially the finishers; MK had them first, but I feel that SF perfected them, I.E. making them a part of combat. They weren't for show; knowing how to do them actually meant something.
...Plus...MK just started sucking later on. Even after the multitude of rehashes for SF, they all honestly kicked ass to me, even the off-shoots. As a matter of fact, MK only really had 1 off-shoot I think, Shaolin Monks; I actually liked that game better than all of the MK games.
Street Fighter
BQ: More obnoxious menu music that slowly starts to grow on you until you start singing it in the shower. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiindestructible!
BQ: More obnoxious menu music that slowly starts to grow on you until you start singing it in the shower. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiindestructible!
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